Video Message for Reception families returning to St Martin’s from 8th June - showing our new drop off and collection routines:

Below is a link to a video created by our Reception Team. Please share this with your child as it shows the new routine they will have when they join us.
We’re really looking forward to seeing them and hope this will support them in their return. Thank you.

Ski Group 2020 update: They completed their final day of skiing today and all 46 children skied a run together this afternoon. They have all done really well and achieved so much, from complete beginners to everyone skiing down blue slopes by mid week. During the week the children watched a ski and light show where instructors performed tricks and jumps on the slopes. They also enjoyed a Games Night and finished with a Disco earlier this evening. Late breakfast tomorrow before their return journey and flight to Bristol.

6th March, Ski Group 2020

Ski Trip 2020 group are all having an amazing time. They arrived at Alpe D’Huez on Saturday - completed their ski fit with boots, ski’s, poles and helmets ready for Day 1 skiing on Sunday.

They’ve enjoyed plenty of fresh snow, blue skies and stopped to watch some ice hockey on the way back to their hotel. Quiz and games night this evening, after dinner. Planning for Ski Trip 2021 is already underway - details will be sent out to parents and carers via our SchoolPing message system.

3rd March, Ski Group 2020

The Young Carers Charity hosted an assembly at St Martin’s recently. To support the charity our School Council organised a ‘Coin Challenge’. The children were all invited to bring in spare coins and they placed them to spell out the words ‘Thank You’ in the hall.

Thank you to everyone for their support with our challenge and to the School Council for organising this event. We‘ll let you know how much we raised shortly.

13th February 2020, Mrs Thomas & School Council

Dinosaur Museum: Year 1 children showcased their work from their ‘Dinosaur’ topic, creating a Museum. Classes came to visit their Museum on 17th January. Year 1 invited their families and were very excited and enthusiastic to share all of their knowledge about dinosaurs and amazing models they created.

It was a fantastic celebration of the children's learning and we received some lovely comments from their families. "Amazing Museum - we've learned so much! The models were very impressive and realistic…just like the Natural History Museum! Thank you for sharing your project. Wow!”

17th January , Year 1 Team

Children in Need: This event was a great success at St Martin's School! The Year 4 School Councillors and St Martin’s Fundraising Team members led the fundraising activities in the hall brilliantly. The children raised £679.92 for BBC Children in Need this year! Thank you all so much for your support and donations.

15th November 2019

Reception Performances the ‘Noisy Nativity’: Well done to both of our Reception classes, Ash and Elm, who put on fantastic performances to their parents, carers and families this week. We had some lovely comments from our parents, carers and families:

“Brilliant Nativity, well done all Reception class. Well worth the 50 mile journey!!” “Wow! I can’t believe they are only Reception children. What a terrific performance!” “Best ever Nativity we’ve seen, well done to all the staff. Excellent!”

6th December, Reception Team

Raise The Roof: Year 3 and Year 4 children from St Martin’s, Worle Village and Worlebury St Paul’s came together for ‘Raise the Roof’. The children had learnt songs about saving the planet and created things to wear made out of recycling.

They all performed beautifully! A big thank you to Anne Clough from North Somerset Music Service for teaching us the songs and leading the performance.

27th November 2019

Today, Weston-super-Mare Foodbank sent a thank you note for the support and donations received from St Martin's. Over 218kgs of food was donated - thank you to all our parents, carers and families for all your s

upport and donations.

15th November 2019

Remembrance Service: A huge thank you and congratulations to our Year 5 children for a superb Remembrance Assembly today! The children did themselves proud with a very thought provoking presentation and beautiful singing this morning. It gave us all a great deal to think about.

Well done Year 5!

Miss Jewell, Year 4 Teacher:

11th November 2019

Harvest Assembly and Reception Harvest Celebration: At the end of Term 1 children at St Martin's welcomed Frederique and Alvin from the Weston-super-Mare Foodbank to their Harvest Celebration, led by the Year 2 pupils.

Thank you to everyone who brought in food items, also to the Foodbank representatives who explained all about the local Foodbank charity.

The Reception class parents and carers were invited to a Harvest Celebration on 24th October. This was their first performance to an audience and we are very proud of them, well done! Thank you to all our parents, carers and family who were able to come along and support their event.

Mrs Thomas, Year 2 Teacher:

8th November 2019

Drum Workshop: The Year 5 classes all had an opportunity to play a range of African Drums and percussions instruments during a workshop at the start of Term 2. The children enjoyed it and will continue to use the school African Drums during the remainder of the year.

Thank you to Roger Sansom from the North Somerset Music Service who led the workshop.

Year 5 Team:
8th November 2019

New Reception Starters: Well done to the Reception children who have settled in smoothly and confidently into their classes. The reception team has really enjoyed getting to know the children and are pleased with how well they are doing.

Our caretakers have built a special welly stand for the reception classes. The children will be using their wellies on the Welly Walk to St Martin’s Church and for outdoor play.

Mrs Cottis and Miss Houghton, Reception Class Teachers:

27th September 2019

Congratulations to again to our Gardening Club! They received 3rd Prize for their entry into the Weston-super-Mare Horticultural Society Plant a Wheelbarrow Competition. On 11th October the children visited the Mayor's Parlour and were each given a medal during a prize giving ceremony. They met the Mayor and Lady Mayoress, Councillor Mark Canniford and Mrs Estelle Canniford.

They saw photos of the original house, grounds, silverware and previous Mayors. The children enjoyed refreshments and snacks before returning to school.

Mrs Baker, Year 4 LSA

14th October 2019

Year 4 Music Lessons: The Year 4 classes are really enjoying their trumpet lessons this term. Thank you Mr Sansom from North Somerset Music Service for coming in to introduce trumpets to us as part of the Music Service Prelude Programme.

Year 4 Team:

11th September 2019

WOW - School Challenge: The Walk to School Challenge is back at St Martin's again this year, starting on Monday 9th September! It is being delivered by the Living Streets UK charity, encouraging as many children and their families to travel more sustainably and experience the benefits that walking, cycling or scooting to school brings. You can Park & Stride if you live too far away or don’t have time to walk the whole way to school.

WOW is a pupil-led initiative. With up to 11 different badges to be collected until the end of this school year. To earn a badge children need to travel sustainably (walk, scoot, cycle, park & stride) to school twice a week. The children enjoyed a special visit from 'Strider' during our Living Streets Assembly last week. For more info please visit www.livingstreets.org.uk/WOW

Healthy Schools Status 2019: St Martin’s has been awarded Healthy School Status 2019 in recognition of our ongoing promotion of physical and mental wellbeing, engaging with the North Somerset Healthy Schools Network for two years.

Ms Barnes: 23rd July 2019

St Peter's Pre-School relocating to St Martin's School from September 2019: We are delighted to announce that St Peter's Pre-School will be joining us from September, currently based at St Peter's Church Hall, Baytree Road, Weston-super-Mare. The Pre-School has vacancies for children aged 3-4 years old and a limited number of 2 year old spaces.

You can call Gill Palfrey on 07963 279251 to reserve your child's place

For further information please email: stpeters.preschool@yahoo.co.uk

Leaflets are available from our main school office Reception Foyer area.

Celebration of Learning Event - 11th July:

St Martin's held an Celebration of Learning Event at St Martin's School. We had a fantastic turnout and it was wonderful to see so many parents and families come along to share and celebrate children's work and successes from this past year.

The school looked amazing with all of the art projects on display which the children had completed during their Art Weeks.

We were treated to music performances in the hall by the School Choir, Y2 Singing and Dance Group. There were lots of fun activities for everyone to enjoy, library activities, sports in the gym, Y3 Rain Forest Cafe, Y6 shared Science experiments, fundraising raffle organised by the School Council and the BBQ was popular as were the ice creams. Thank you to everyone who attended our special evening and also to the staff and governors for their hard work.

Decorated Wheelbarrow Competition:

Congratulations to the Environmental Club who have been awarded 3rd place in the Weston Horticultural Society Schools Wheelbarrow Competition. The decorated wheelbarrow will be on display at the Horticultural Show in August.

Miss Daniels: 23rd July 2019

Kaleidoscope MAT Science Fair: St Martin's hosted a Science Fair yesterday and today. Our pupils in Years 1 to 6 took turns to visit along with children from some of our other MAT schools. They enjoyed having a go on the smoothie bike, learning about robotics, magnets and electricity plus much much more. Thank you to the Kaleidoscope Science Network for all their hard in planning and organising the fair. Special thanks to the following organisations whose staff attended our Science Fair; Wessex Water, STEM, MOD, Chartwells Catering, University of Bristol, Joe Richardson Space Detective and Weston Museum for their display of archaeology artefacts.

Mrs Organ (5th July 2019)

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Year 5 & 6 Level 2 cycle training Term 6: Well done to our cycle groups who have now completed their Level 2 cycle training organised by Life Cycle UK. They received their badges and Bikeability packs and were awarded with their Certificates in our end of year Achievement Assembly.

Mrs Chadwick/Ms Somers (23rd July 2019)

Scooter Workshops: The Year 2 classes welcomed Neville from For2Feet who took groups of children onto the back playground to polish up their Scooter Skills. The sessions are designed to increase childrens’ safety when out on their scooters as part of our 'Walk to School' initiative. The children then went out with him onto the pavements around the school so they could assess risks in the real world. The children had a fantastic time and the workshop sessions were a brilliant success.

(Miss Hodge Year 2 Teacher: 17th June)

Reception Classes Drama Workshop: The Reception children had a very special surprise when they were all invited to take part in a 'Drama4All' workshop led by Perform to Schools. Peter Pan came to visit the children to take them on an adventure all the way to 'Neverland' where they tricked Captain Hook and stole his treasure.

Mrs Waite Reception Teacher (21st June 2019)

Year 2 Bug Hunt: The children have been working hard learning all about minibeasts and their habitats. They held Minibeast trails for their parents, writing letters inviting their families to a Bug Hunt Trail around the school. The children had the opportunity to show off their posters, fact files and drawings. They loved hunting for bugs! The children were all fantastic and showed off their amazing knowledge.

Thank you to all of the parents who came along to this event making it such a success.

Miss Muff Year 2 Teacher (21st June 2019)

Year 4 Overnight Camp: The Year 4 pupils took part in an overnight camping trip to Fernhill Farm and enjoyed a range of outdoor activities including the much anticipated assault course, games and farm tour. The visit was a great success and the children ended the day with hot chocolate and marshmallows around the camp fire. For many children this was their first experience of camping and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves and all had a fantastic experience. The children were a credit to our school and their behaviour was praised by the Osprey camp staff.

Bikeability Cycle Training: Well done to thegroups of Year 5 and 6 children who took part in Level 1 Cycle Proficiency and skills check at the start of Term 6. The children will complete a further 4 sessions to gain their Level 2. The cycle proficiency training is delivered by Life Cycle UK qualified instructors.

WOW Walk to School Challenge: St. Martin’s is excited to be taking part in a fantastic nationwide challenge to encourage more children and their families to walk to school year-round. A ‘Living Streets’ representative hosted an assembly to talk to the whole school about the ‘Walk to School Challenge’ - looking to get as many children as possible experiencing the benefits walking to school brings.

“Join us, thousands of schools and around one million pupils enjoying the benefits of walking to school across the UK. Let’s swap those school runs for school walks”.

Mrs Chadwick/Miss Hodge: PSHE/Travel/Healthy Schools (7th June 2019)

Year 5 First Aid Training: Our Year 5 classes completed their first aid learning with St John Ambulance during Term 5. Each class completed a day of training which included the primary survey (DRABC), recovery position, dealing with choking, dressing a wound etc. Well done to our Year 5 pupils!

The St John Ambulance trainer commented on how much she had enjoyed working with the children at St Martin’s School.

Year 5 Team (16th May 2019)

Maths Enrichment Day:

A group of 6 Year 3 children took part in a Maths day. Mrs Large from '4 the love of maths' came into school and worked with the children on a variety of different challenging maths activities. The day was very hands on with lots of practical activities to take part in. Children from Mendip Green, Lympsham, Milton Park, Worle Village and Becket Primary Schools also attended the day allowing us to meet and work with new people.

Miss Jewell / Year 3 Teacher (2nd May 2019)

Easter Competitions:

It was lovely to see all the colourful and creative Easter Egg, Bonnet and Poetry entries brought in by children across the year groups. Thank you to everyone who took part again this year. Year group winners were all announced in achievement assemblies and each presented with a certificate and prize.

Mrs Campbell (3rd April 2019)

North Somerset Dance Festival Term 4: Our Year 2 Dance Group pupils performed at the Weston Playhouse Theatre. A fantastic well done to all of the children who took part – they were absolutely amazing and a credit to our school and their families. Thank you to all the staff who supported in rehearsal and helped behind the scenes on the night.

Miss Muff (27th March 2019)

Maths Challenge Term 4: 8 of our Y4 and Y5 children took part in a Maths Challenge against other schools within our Kaleidoscope MAT. The challenge was held at Becket School and the children worked collaboratively, in teams of 4, answering questions on fluency, reasoning and problem solving. All the children who took part did brilliantly. Well done to our St Martin’s Team A who came joint 2nd - Adam Z, Isobel S, Amelie T, Maciek L, Tristin D, Michail O, Jamillah R, Maria G.

Mrs Jones (27th March 2019)

The Ski Group returned from their visit to La Plagne, France on Saturday after their weeks ski, swapping their classroom for the slopes. A group of our current Year 5 and Year 6 pupils had a fantastic visit and the children were brilliant all week on and off the slopes. Thank you to Mr Marshall and Ms Barnes for taking them and ensuring they had a great time.

18th March 2019

Parent SRE Meeting - 9th May

We were delighted that so many parents attended our SRE Meeting last night. It is an important topic and it was good to see and chat to so many of you. A huge thank you to Mrs Chadwick and Miss Hodge for their hard work.

S Marriott

World Book Day: The children came to school dressed up for World Book Day. This year we celebrated the 30th Anniversary of ‘We’re going on a Bear Hunt’ and asked pupils to come to school dressed either as a famous bear, a bear character or other book characters. During the day the children had the chance to take part in a variety of book related activities including treasure hunts and drama activities.

Mrs Middleton, Y1 Teacher

(7th March 2019)

Watoto Choir Visit: St Martin’s received a visit from the Watoto Choir who performed dances and songs to the whole school. The choir is a group of Ugandan orphaned children who have been rescued from living on the streets and are placed into a foster family. They are provided with education, medication and a church community. The photos really don’t show the amazing energy and enthusiasm they shared with us. They were an absolutely inspirational group of children who were a delight to have visit us at St Martin’s.

Mrs Clements/Mrs Campbell (14th February 2019)

NSPCC Groovy Moves: St Martin’s School raised a fantastic amount of £1,674.06 for this charity, thank you to everyone who participated and for your generous support. Congratulations to class 4O who had the most sponsorship participants.
(February 2019)

Some fantastic art work happening in Year 6 today to inspire their writing - clay and sketched dragon eyes and oil pastel dragon tails, scales and feathers. These magical creatures will be making an appearance in the books they are going to be writing this term!

Year 6 (10th January 2019)

Year 4 Weston Museum Display: Year 4 had the opportunity to showcase their work from the Romans Topic at the local Weston Museum. They all worked extremely hard producing work to be displayed also writing informative labels to go with each item on show.

The Museum's education and history department were so impressed with the pieces produced, they have even selected several items to display during their history week in February half term.

Year 4 Team (18th December 2018)

ChristmasFair: A huge thank you to everyone who helped to make our Fair such a success today. Thank you to the Staff, Parents, Governors, Student Teachers and Pupils who have helped today and in the run up to the Fair.

Mrs Campbell Assistant Headteacher/Y6 Teacher

(30th November 2018)

Visit to MP John Penrose Surgery at The Campus: Well done to Ollie, Erick and Kyle who presented their ideas on ‘reducing plastic pollution in Weston-super-Mare’ to John Penrose MP at his surgery at The Campus. Y6 classes have worked on this as part of their theme “Does the world need saving?” They represented the School brilliantly in their presentation and had a really mature conversation about their findings and concerns afterwards. They also delivered letters written by the rest of Y6 for Mr Penrose to read.

John Penrose later shared his thoughts about the discussion on Twitter

We were also visited by the Author of hugely popular Emily Windsnap series, Liz Kessler who gave a very inspiring talk to our children in Years 3, 4 and 5. Afterwards she came to our Library to do a book signing.

Mrs Brown, Librarian (15th November)

Children In Need: We had an 'Extra Special' visitor in school on Monday. Pudsey Bear came in to school and we were able to have a photo with him. St Martin’s held various fundraising activities for the Children In Need Appeal again this year which were organised by the School Council.

Activities included a giant Cake Sale, Treasure Hunt and decorating Pudsey Bear with pennies. All pupils were also invited to take part in ‘Wear Odd Socks Day’ on Wednesday.

Year 5 African Drum Workshop: Year 5 took part in an African Drumming session. The children learnt about and had the chance to play a variety of real African instruments from four African countries during the workshop. It was a great opportunity to learn about these instruments and practice different rhythms and beats. All the children thoroughly enjoyed it. Year 5 Teachers (5th October 2018)

Gardening Club News - ‘Design our Scarecrow’ Competition: St Martin’s Gardening Club needs your help. We would like you to design a scarecrow that looks like your favourite book character. You must label your scarecrow with the materials and information that we would need to build it.

To enter simply collect an entry form from the school library and return completed entries by Wednesday 15th November. The winner will receive a goody bag full of books and will be able to help build their winning design to go into the quad.

Miss Daniels/Mrs Brown (12th October 2018)

Year 3 Bee Keeping: The Year 3 classes welcomed Fearne’s Grandad, Dave, to talk to them all about Bee Keeping. They were fascinated by all the different facts he shared in addition to seeing protective clothing and the bees themselves! What an amazing experience.

Why not read the Year 3 ‘Bee Amazing Fact’ books made by the Year 3 pupils coming to our school library soon.

Mrs Clements Y3 Teacher (12th October 2018)

Year 6 Sand Point Visit:Y6 classes all enjoyed their visit to Sand Point where they found lots of little fossils on the beach at Middle Hope Beach as part of their geography work. The children participated in a variety of activities to develop team building and had an opportunity to apply their recently learnt Geography skills in field sketching, map work and classification.

Mrs Campbell, Year 6 Teacher (2nd October 2018)

The children of St Martin’s Gardening Club were very busy last term planting and maintaining a wheelbarrow for the Horticultural Society ‘Plant a Wheelbarrow’ Competition for Schools 2018. We have now donated it to Summer Lane Care Home for the residents to enjoy.

“This morning we had a lovely visit from St Martin's school staff. They brought us a beautiful, full of colours and fragrances wheelbarrow, prepared by the children of St Martin's Gardening Club. Thanks!!!! Summer Lane Care Home (8th August 2018)

Year 3 Egyptian Exhibition: The Year 3 children completed their Ancient Egypt Topic by holding an Ancient Egyptian Exhibition in the School Hall at the end of term. Parents were invited to come along to school to share the Year 3 classes Egyptian models, hieroglyphics and artwork. Parents and visitors had an opportunity to browse the stalls before voting for their favourite stand. Thank you to our parent/carers for such a good turn out.

(Friday 20th July - Year 3 Team)

Celebration of Learning Evening: We had a fantastic turnout for our Celebrating Learning event again this year, which proved to be a huge success. Parents were able to experience learning first-hand as well as see their children's work, successes and also art projects completed during Art Week. The school looked amazing with all of the children’s work on display. We were treated to music performances in the Hall, lots of fun activities, Fundraising Raffle, an Auction and the BBQ was popular as were the ice creams. Thank you to everyone who attended our special evening and thank you also to the staff and Governors for making the event possible.

(10th July 2018)

The ‘St Martin's Ice-cream’ will go on sale at Pj's ice-cream parlour on the Weston Seafront from Saturday 21st July for the summer. This ice cream was designed by Ash and Elm class as part of a project they’ve been working on. If you are at Pj’s Ice Cream Parlour this summer give it a try.

SATs Headlines 2018 Results Year 6: Now that we have sent home our Year 6 parent reports, we would like to share the headlines of our SATs. We are incredibly proud of every one of our pupils, each has done their very best and helped us achieve our best results ever and significantly above National Averages!

Our KS2 results can be found below (with National Average in brackets).

St Martin's results 2018

(National Average results 2018)

Reading

92%

(75%)

Writing - teacher assessed

85%

(78%)

English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

88%

(78%)

Maths

86%

(76%)

Combined - getting age related in all subjects

81%

(64%)

"These are fantastic achievements all round. Well done to everyone involved! These results continue a pattern of rising results over the last few years."

Kaleidoscope Year 6 Event

On Friday, Year 6 children from all of the Kaleidoscope schools went to Hutton for the afternoon. Each school sang a song from their Year 6 productions and two joint songs to finish. Our children delivered a fantastic performance, It was a great event and Hutton provided drink and cake too.

S Marriott (6/7/18)

Sports Day: This week we held our annual sport day events, all the classes took part in various sporting activities showing great effort and enthusiasm.

Well done to all of the children who took part and thank you to our parents/carers for coming along and supporting on the day. The Year Group winners were announced in our Achievement Assemblies today:

Year 5 Fleet Air Arm Museum Visit: Year 5 classes enjoyed their Educational Visit to the Fleet Air Arm Museum, in Yeovilton this week and were given a guided tour around the museum by 3 friendly volunteers who knew a lot of interesting facts about the different planes. The children took part in a workshop where they learnt about evacuees, made gas mask boxes and took part in a pretend air raid drill. They also had an opportunity to sit in a real fighter plane cockpit, experience the inside of a helicopter and able to go onto the first concord ever made. Some of the children were lucky enough to witness the Royal Navy take part in some flying practice! They all had a fantastic day.

Year 5 Team (25th June 2018)

Year 1 Bristol Zoo Visit: Year 1 classes enjoyed their visit to Bristol Zoo today where the children learnt lots of interesting facts about the different animals that come from eggs and enjoyed a picnic lunch. Thank you again to our parent helpers who accompanied us on the visit.

Miss Parker Y1 Teacher (21st June 2018)

Year 3 Bristol Museum Visit: Year 3 enjoyed a fantastic trip to Bristol Museum. They looked around the Egyptian exhibition and found out lots of information about what life was like for people in Egyptian times. They also got to handle lots of Egyptian artefacts and had to work out what objects were and also how they were used in Egyptian times. The children are now looking forward to using all of this knowledge to help them put together their Egyptian exhibition at the end of this term.

Year 3 Team (29th June 2018)

Seaquarium Educational Visit: The Reception classes enjoyed their visit to the Seaquarium and Weston Beach today. We learnt lots of interesting facts about the different sea creatures. The children all enjoyed digging on the beach followed with a delicious ice-cream at PJ's ice cream parlour. The childrens' behaviour was exemplary they were brilliant ambassadors for St Martin's.Thank you again to our parent helpers who accompanied us on today’s visit.

Mrs Clements, EYFS Leader (6th June 2018)

Royal Wedding Celebrations 18th May 2018: Our Children really enjoyed the Royal Wedding Celebration. Thank you to our parents/carers for supplying the cakes, food and drinks. Our Royal Wedding Bake-Off competition was wonderful with some amazing cakes entered. Congratulations to our Winners of the Bake-Off Competition:

1st Prize Roman H - Ash Class

2nd Prize Maya and Harmony H - Classes 6U and 5JM

3rd Prize Jacob R - Class 4G

Winners were announced in the following Achievement Assembly, each presented with a Certificate. Thank you again to everyone who took part, we were amazed by the standard of the entries into the competition last week.

(25th May 2018)

Year 6 SATs Begin

Our Year 6 children started their SATs today. Most joined our SATs Breakfast this morning. Afterwards, they took their first tests - Grammar and then Spelling. The children's attitude was excellent - they were calm, focused and really positive.

S Marriott - 14th May

Sport Relief: On the last day of term all the children and staff were invited to come into school dressed as their favourite sportsperson for a donation. Sporting activities took place during the school day and everyone had the opportunity to participate in the ‘Sport Relief Mile’. The School Council also sold Sport Relief bands during break times. Thank you to all our parents and carers for generously supporting this event. We will let you know how much we raised next term.

School Office (23rd March 2018)

North Somerset Dance Festival 20th March 2018 Weston Playhouse Theatre: Well done to all our fantastic dancers who performed at the Playhouse tonight. You looked amazing on the stage and were a credit to our school and to your families. Thank you to all the staff who helped out tonight and in particular Miss Muff, Miss Haughton and Mrs Muff who have worked with the children to put such a great performance together. We had some lovely comments from our parents and carers:

"An absolutely amazing show..both performances were brilliant..

they were all fab, well done all !

WOW! What an amazing team of children and teachers we have at St Martins School."

And the Snow Day photo winners are...
Thank you for all our Snow Day photos posted onto our St Martin's School Facebook page. It was a difficult decision but the following pictures were the winners. Each has won an Easter Egg and one free day at the School Sports Teaching Easter Holiday Club @ St Martin's. Many thanks to School Sports Teaching for their very generous donation of the prizes.

(March 2018)

World Book Day Library Competition: These are the winners who all won a 'bookish' prize. Well done to all who entered - there were over 150 entries!

Year 3 have been publishing their own books based on their theme from last term - the Iron Age. On Saturday they had their own stand at Waterstones to launch their book.

Well done Year 3 children and staff for all your hard work! They look fabulous!

(Mrs Campbell)

English Enrichment Day: St Martin’s welcomed children from local schools to a Writers Enrichment day. The day was led by Tanya Landman, an award winning local Author. The children had the opportunity to be involved with story telling and creative writing. Tanya brought along some of her own books which the children were excited to purchase and get signed!

Miss Gillard, Year 4 Teacher (22nd January 2018)

Christmas Carols at Wick St Lawrence Church

Well done to our children who sang carols today at Wick St Lawrence Church - as part of their angel festival. The audience thoroughly enjoyed their singing and commented on how well behaved they were. The children enjoyed their drink and biscuits afterwards and were thrilled with their gifts of chocolates and an angel Christmas decoration.

S Marriott (5th December 2017)

Christmas Carols at Puxton Park

It was great to see so many of our children and families supporting our choir at Puxton Park on Saturday, for the Christmas lights ceremony. Our children sang beautifully and were extremely well behaved - we were proud of them. A huge thanks to all of the staff who organised and supported this event. S Marriott (4th December)

Year 6 Visit to the Woods: In our theme 'Could you be the next Bear Grylls?', we have been learning about survival and conditions in different biomes. As part of our survival training, we have been learning about what equipment and skills are needed to survive in different locations with their varied climate and wildlife. We walked up to Worlebury Woods where we practiced our First Aid training and shelter building. We were able to treat each others fake wounds really well with our new skills. This experience will, hopefully, help us remember these skills for when we need them in real life.

Mrs Campbell, Year 6 Teacher (17th November 2017)

Well done to the group of Year 5 and 6 children who took part in the North Somerset Cross Country event at Hutton Moor at the end of Term 1: W all the children showed great determination which is our School Games Value Focus for Term 1. The children all placed themselves well and finished strongly in their respective races. A special mention to Imogen O who finished 11th out of 80, Zack H who finished 9th out of 80 and Jasmine O who finished 1st. Both Jasmine and Zack have qualified to represent Team North Somerset at the Inter-Counties Primary Cross Country on Saturday 25th November, at Ashton Park School. We all wish them both the very best of luck.

Mr Marshall, School Sports Teaching (20th October 2017)

Visit to the Mayor’s Parlour: A group of Year 6 pupils were invited to the Mayor's Parlour to celebrate St Martin’s School being awarded 3rd place in the Weston Horticultural Society ‘Plant a Wheelbarrow Competition 2017’. The children enjoyed meeting the Lady Mayoress and were able to try on a Mayoress robe and hat. The children were a credit to the school and were presented with a trophy and a medal each for their achievements.

6th October 2017

School Council Educational Visit to Houses of Parliament: Part of the School Council had a successful trip to London to visit the Houses of Parliament this Term. The day was very busy. They were lucky enough to see a live debate in the House of Commons, tour the Palace of Westminster and had a workshop about Campaigning - which they hope to use during the year. They also met our MP John Penrose who kindly talked to the School Council about his job as an MP and answered their questions. The children were a credit to the school, and their families, and thoroughly enjoyed this trip.

Ms Barnes (19th September 2017)

New School Year: We are all delighted that the children have started back to school so well after the summer break. They have settled quickly into their new classes. Our new Reception children are enjoying getting to know each other and our school.

S Marriott (September 2017)

Maths Enrichment Day: On Tuesday St Martin’s hosted a Maths Enrichment Day for a group of our Year 3 pupils who were joined by other local Primary Schools. All of the children enjoyed the day and were inspired and motivated to join in with all of the Maths activities throughout the day. Thank you to Pete Hall, Primary Consultant - ‘Making Maths Fun!’ who led the day.

Olivia 3M: “I really liked the day and had fun with the Maths challenges”.

Madeleine 3E: “The day helped with my Maths – I loved playing the Maths games”.

(6th June Mrs Fogwill)

Reception Model Village

Our Reception Model Village opened today and a queue of parents/carers and grandparents were amazed how impressive it looked. The detail of the models and how hard the children have worked on them was really appreciated.

You can click on the link below to enjoy a short video showing some of the models which the children had made in Reception classes.